In a collaborative effort between Herdade da Contenda, LPN and the Vulture Conservation Foundation, 3 black vulture chicks were ringed this year in Moura, Alentejo.
LPN’s environmental education project that values the forest and local heritage has more than doubled its participants in the school year that just ended.
180 environmental organisations across Europe are calling on national governments to restrict the EU’s contribution to the destruction of forests and other ecosystems.
About a decade ago, eight artificial burrows for Iberian lynx were installed in Moura, Alentejo, in areas of suitable habitat for the presence of this feline.
The 2021 balance sheet benefited from proposals for new protected areas, but was marred by the inaction of the authorities and the submission of damaging projects that carry over the year.
Today, December 14th, ends the presentation of proposals in the IMT’s contest to commission a Strategic Environmental Assessment on the airport solution for the Lisbon region.
The next few months will be decisive for improving PEPAC until the new government resulting from the next elections approves the final version, based on dialogue with the European Commission and national civic and political participation.
The Óbidos Lagoon Interpretation Center and the Colectivo Guarda-rios have joined forces in an artistic project to build a replica of an Óbidos Lagoon fishermen’s "shack".
C6 Coalition condemns plans by the Minister of Environment and Climate Action for further artificialization of the Tagus river basin, favoring expendable investments to the detriment of meeting European environmental targets.
After having been with the Gondifelos school, the new challenge of the Forest Literacy Project was with the students of the 8th grade 13, from Escola EB2,3 Júlio Brandão, in Famalicão.
Studies in the marine area of the Natural Park of "Sudoeste Alentejano" and "Costa Vicentina" have shown that the protection of sites of high ecological value brings broad environmental benefits.
The PEPAC is crucial for the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2022-27 in Portugal, and its design and implementation will condition the future of national biodiversity.
In the scope of the "Mares Circulares" competition, two winning projects were selected that aim to raise awareness of the marine waste issue and promote the circular economy.
Recent studies have confirmed the protective effect of marine protected areas and their importance in safeguarding biodiversity and coastal communities.
The Salinas de Alverca and the Salinas do Forte da Casa are located on the northern shore of the Tagus Estuary and are the only refuge for avifauna on this entire river bank.
The Tibães forest and gardens were the stage and a moment of union with nature for the 6th and 8th grade students from the Mosteiro do Cávado School Grouping.
The textile industry is increasingly an issue in debate, being a poorly regulated industry and a source of various types of pollution, even a major cause of microplastic pollution due to synthetic fibers.
Photovoltaic plants are multiplying disorderly in the country, and with them the occupation and degradation of areas of high ecological and agricultural value.
The World Ocean Day was celebrated with an awareness and volunteer action on the beaches of Galapos and Galapinhos, in Arrábida, through Mares Circulares.
At the Oceanographic Museum of Portinho da Arrábida, headquarters of the Luiz Saldanha Marine Park, the exhibition "Arrábida: a natural laboratory for the study of the ocean" was inaugurated and the book "Este mar é especial" was launched.
Irresponsible intensive agriculture is advancing relentlessly in the middle of the Protected Area, this time razing rare and priority habitats under European law.
The objective of the visit of the Municipality of Alenquer to this LPN property was to see the forest restoration work carried out at Quinta da Moenda.
Today a campaign is launched on the social networks of the NGOs that make up the C6 platform (ANP|WWF, FAPAS, GEOTA, LPN, Quercus and SPEA) launching disturbing questions for reflection and action on what the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) should in
After months of online activities, the time has come for the Óbidos Lagoon Interpretation Center, with the proper safety measures, to bring the children back into contact with Nature!
LPN joins in the tribute to Eugénio Sequeira, an agronomist engineer and illustrious defender of the environment who chaired the association three times.
Environmental education is the full exercise of citizenship building through the use of strategies and practical tools to stimulate action in the environment
LPN together with more than 30 civil society organizations call for a fair and inclusive climate transition for all people, in an open letter to the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, in a decisive half year to meet the challenges
In recent weeks, LPN’s forest property ‘Quinta da Moenda’ has received visitants from different regions of Portugal to learn about the work and results achieved in the recovery of the native forest.
At first glance it looks like a simple suitcase, but inside it holds a lagoon full of stories! And Zé do Marisco, a shellfisher in love with the Obidos Lagoon…
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